Who Doesn't Use Ejuice Calculator?
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I looked at one early on, and hated it. I do, however, often use my trusty old Texas Instruments calculator.
The math is not usually very difficult for many cases. It's just a matter of taking the time to understand it.
That last part is important, IMO, whether a calculator is used, or not. I always do the math again in a different way to double-check the recipe, in order to ensure the proper nicotine concentration.
The math is not usually very difficult for many cases. It's just a matter of taking the time to understand it.
That last part is important, IMO, whether a calculator is used, or not. I always do the math again in a different way to double-check the recipe, in order to ensure the proper nicotine concentration.
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I don't use any calculator - I work in percentages and do the the calculations on paper.
I think there's value in at knowing how to do the math but if you can do it on paper I have no issues with any method a person uses to obtain the correct answer. If you can do the math then a data entry error in the calculator should be immediately obvious because you'd have at least a ballpark figure in your head of what the correct answer *should* be.
I think there's value in at knowing how to do the math but if you can do it on paper I have no issues with any method a person uses to obtain the correct answer. If you can do the math then a data entry error in the calculator should be immediately obvious because you'd have at least a ballpark figure in your head of what the correct answer *should* be.
At first, I tried using an ejuice calculator because everyone else seems to think you need one. I didn't like it. I want to see on paper that it makes sense. And, once that's done, it's so obviously right that the most I might need is just a plain, old-fashioned calculator to double check the arithmetic.
Doing it by hand is much more visual and makes it more obvious if your numbers are right.
I understand that some people trust the ejuice calculator more than their own calculations. But, I agree that, even if someone can't do the math totally on their own, they should always sit back and look at their results to make sure that they make sense before actually mixing anything up.
Years ago, when I first had to use a calculator, I was much more likely to get the correct results by hand than I was to on the stupid machine. My mind is more accurate and reliable than my fingers are.
Doing it by hand is much more visual and makes it more obvious if your numbers are right.
Exactly. I don't trust results that I don't understand. And, an ejuice calculator just makes simple calculations seem more mysterious and confusing than they really are.
I understand that some people trust the ejuice calculator more than their own calculations. But, I agree that, even if someone can't do the math totally on their own, they should always sit back and look at their results to make sure that they make sense before actually mixing anything up.
Years ago, when I first had to use a calculator, I was much more likely to get the correct results by hand than I was to on the stupid machine. My mind is more accurate and reliable than my fingers are.
I am not a math guy, nor a paper guy, so juice calculators are a godsend for me. I am not a lolcat-loving, txting teenager, I remember when the first 4-banger calculators had nixie displays. My brain just doesn't work well for math, I trust a computer. I have poor writing skills in the first place, paper is a detriment to me getting anything done. Mixing juice is easy math, I understand what's going on. Some mixes have 6 or 7 ingredients, calculating it by hand would be needlessly slow. For me.
I keep a netbook at my mixing location. A benefit for me in using a spreadsheet, I move the cursor up each cell as I add an ingredient.
People are different.
I keep a netbook at my mixing location. A benefit for me in using a spreadsheet, I move the cursor up each cell as I add an ingredient.
People are different.
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i use both. i keep notes on flavor concotions, do simple math on paper, but i also use the ejuice me up program. when i started out, i didnt use the calc at all, but now i find that it helps. once i "mapped it out" on paper, i was ready to feel confident plugging values into the calc.
I don't HAVE to use one, but it's faster when I'm mixing odd %s and thinning and whatnot. I'm an artist by trade, so my math skills have been in disuse for a couple decades. I don't use a "calculator" per se, prefer the spreadsheets where I can rip apart the formula, or to make sure my numbers which were "feeling off" aren't completely wrong. Definitely don't rely solely on one source of numbers though. I've honestly used more basic math and electronics n the past 3 months than I ever did in HS, but I think I've attended ECF more than I managed to attend HS before they kicked me out...
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I don't use Any Program to do DIY. I just make Pre-Mix and then have Recipes worked up using Drops for Flavorings / Sweeteners.
I use Scubabatdan's calculator, but I also double check quantities in my head.
I could mix without a calculator, but it's a darn handy thing for sorting my recipes and notes. Plus I have the ability to pop over to a browser and throw flavorings I'm running low on into a cart for purchase when I'm done mixing.
I could mix without a calculator, but it's a darn handy thing for sorting my recipes and notes. Plus I have the ability to pop over to a browser and throw flavorings I'm running low on into a cart for purchase when I'm done mixing.
I use e juice me up. Failsafe for me and fast plus it's fast to modify recipes and up size them, and it keeps them handy on the computer.
I don't mind doing the math, I'm an accountant, but I find it faster and less tedious to use the calc.
I don't mind doing the math, I'm an accountant, but I find it faster and less tedious to use the calc.
I like to do the 'whole number dance' when possible. So I do use the e-JMU calculator.
so I can print it out and save it.
I do both, depending on convenience. If I'm too lazy to go down and get the computer I just do it on paper. Even if I do it using a calculator I usually mentally double check the volumes to make sure they look right and that I didn't enter something wrong.
They are not much use to me. I use nic premixed with pg/vg, so they don't work
right for me. However, because of that, my calcs are really simple anyway. A little
for Santa, a little for the reindeer, a little more for Santa, a little more for Santa...
right for me. However, because of that, my calcs are really simple anyway. A little
for Santa, a little for the reindeer, a little more for Santa, a little more for Santa...
Now you all made me feel crazy to do it all in my head. In my defense I tend to stick to round numbers... like... for 10ml of juice... it's 2ml of flavour, 4ml VG, 4ml PG (or 4.5 3.5 PG/VG if going to a bit stronger hit) and .075 of nic.
I mix my Unflavored Base ahead of time. PG, VG, and Nic all pre-mixed and ready to go. This makes my calculations pretty much non-existent. It's really handy when stealth vaping. I just vape the Unflavored.
But, I would probably use one of the e-juice calculators anyway. It would be a good way to save my recipes. But, I'm a lot better at math than I am at trying to figure out how to get a program to work right on my computer. To make sure I have all the proper add-on updates and to figure out how to use the program under my specific circumstances (having unflavored pre-mix to work with).
I may eventually get off my lazy bottom and figure it all out. But, pencil and paper is just so much easier and more trustworthy.
I could really see the benefit if I ever get into more complex DIY recipes.
But, I would probably use one of the e-juice calculators anyway. It would be a good way to save my recipes. But, I'm a lot better at math than I am at trying to figure out how to get a program to work right on my computer. To make sure I have all the proper add-on updates and to figure out how to use the program under my specific circumstances (having unflavored pre-mix to work with).
I may eventually get off my lazy bottom and figure it all out. But, pencil and paper is just so much easier and more trustworthy.
I could really see the benefit if I ever get into more complex DIY recipes.
That's exactly how I do it. I mix my base up and then just add my flavorings until it's tasty...then I write them down so I can make another batch later on.
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